Currently observing CST.
Areas with same time currently (UTC +8).
Areas with same time currently (UTC +8).
Currently observing CST – China Standard Time.
Currently has same time zone offset as CST (UTC +8) but different time zone name.
Currently has same time zone offset as CST (UTC +8) but different time zone name.
China Standard Time (CST) is 8 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is in use during standard time in: Asia.
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Where and When is CST Observed?
Asia
Asian countries/territories using CST all year:
- China
- Macau
- Taiwan
Other Time Zones in UTC +8
Some time zones exist that have the same offset as CST, but can be found under a different name:
- AWST – Australian Western Standard Time
- BNT – Brunei Darussalam Time
- CAST – Casey Time
- CHOT – Choibalsan Time
- H – Hotel Time Zone
- HKT – Hong Kong Time
- HOVST – Hovd Summer Time
- IRKT – Irkutsk Time
- KRAST – Krasnoyarsk Summer Time
- MYT – Malaysia Time
- PHT – Philippine Time
- SGT – Singapore Time
- ULAT – Ulaanbaatar Time
- WITA – Central Indonesian Time
Time zones by continent/region
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Australia
- Caribbean
- Central America
- Europe
- Indian Ocean
- Military
- North America
- Pacific
- South America
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CST time now
00:00:00
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